Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
After whom is the king of Israel come out? after whom dost thou pursue? after a dead dog, after a flea.
A dead dog
A flea
Bible References
A dead dog
1 Samuel 17:43
He said to David, “Am I a dog that you come against me with sticks?” Then he cursed David by his gods.
2 Samuel 3:8
Abner was very angry about Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I a dog’s head who belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I’ve been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends and haven’t handed you over to David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!
2 Samuel 9:8
Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant that you take an interest in a dead dog like me?”
2 Samuel 16:9
Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut his head off!”
A flea
1 Samuel 26:20
So don’t let my blood fall to the ground far from the Lord’s presence, for the king of Israel has come out to search for a flea, like one who pursues a partridge in the mountains.”
Judges 8:1
The men of Ephraim said to him, “Why have you done this to us, not calling us when you went to fight against the Midianites?” And they argued with him violently.